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Muddy Creek in Edgewater, Maryland is the site of a major makeover. The land around the stream has worn down. Find out what caused Muddy Creek to erode, and the many steps involved in saving it. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this Smithsonian Informational Text builds students' reading skills while engaging their curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that guides students through every step of the engineering design process, from the initial research and brainstorming sessions, through the design and testing ...

"In this title, children explore the reasons why they may feel worried, how to recognize these feelings, and appropriate action to take when they feel worried."

Got a fan of snakes, lizards, and turtles? Dig into this beginner's guide to reptiles from Cathryn and John Sill, creators of the award-winning About... series. Author and educator Cathryn Sill explains in simple language the basic characteristics that all reptiles share, while offering a look at many of the animals that fall into this diverse category, including ever-popular lizards, snakes, and turtles. The beautifully detailed paintings of noted wildlife illustrator John Sill depict reptiles in their habitats and highlight their unique aspects. An afterword provides more detail on each...

Hernán vuela hasta la India para encontrar su ser espiritual. Allí descubrirá el interior del país y de sí mismo. Con ayuda de su maestro, Suresh el Faquir, prosigue su entrenamiento para completar su iniciación mística, con prácticas que incluyen la peregrinación o los ejercicios de equilibrio sobre el alambre, que ayudan a conseguir el equilibrio en la vida.

Escrita con sangre, su poesía, en efecto, tenía poco de caja de bombones. “Nuestra poesía es más puta que nuestra democracia/ con sus párpados puede corromper a la juventud”. En la línea de su admirado Maiakovsky, sus textos nos zarandea por su potencia, por su ímpetu, por su entusiasmo y, sobre todo, por su descarnada sinceridad. Su poesía, al igual que su marxismo de corte gramschiano, estuvo siempre al lado del pensar heterodoxo, libre, radical... Odiaba todo lo que sonaba a rutina, a doctrinarismo, a esa inmovilidad tan propia de los intelectuales de izquierda y de los...